Renowned Dutch audio engineer Dick Scheepbouwer used the new SSL Live console for five sold out shows in France and Holland with California-based band Venice earlier this year.

Scheepbouwer has been mixing for Venice worldwide since 2003 and he is currently working on the upcoming Broadway production of All that glitters.

The SSL console and support was provided by Amsterdam-based Audio Mattijssen.

“I work on a variety of digital consoles on a daily basis, the usual suspects, but the SSL Live is in a league of its own. The sound is simply amazing. You have to work it to believe it,” says Scheepbouwer.

“This is the Rolls Royce amongst mixing desks. A beast of a machine. Basically there's only three things I can say about it, audio quality, audio quality and audio quality,” concludes Scheepbouwer.